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Taken for wonder : nineteenth-century travel accounts from Iran to Europe / Naghmeh Sohrabi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sohrabi, Naghmeh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iranians.
- History.
- Travelers' writings, Persian.
- Relations.
- Europe--Description and travel.
- Europe.
- Europe--Relations--Iran.
- Iran--Relations--Europe.
- Iran.
- Travelers' writings, Persian--Europe--History and criticism.
- Iranians--Europe--History--19th century.
- Europe--History--1789-1900.
- Iran--History--Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.
- Physical Description:
- x, 179 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Writing travel, making genre
- The reluctant tourist: Mirza Abul Hasan Khan and his "Book of wonder"
- Long day's journey into night: Mirza Fattah Khan Garmrudi's accounts of Europe
- The traveling king: Nasir al-Din Shah and his books of travel
- A darvish and a merchant walk into Europe: the popularization of travel of writing
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199829705
- 0199829705
- OCLC:
- 742234206
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